1.Without prejudice to Article 11 of this Regulation, the total net amounts of direct payments which may be granted in a Member State in respect of a calendar year after application of Articles 7 and 10 of this Regulation and Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 and with the exception of direct payments granted under Regulations (EC) No 247/2006 and (EC) No 1405/2006 shall not be higher than the ceilings set out in Annex IV to this Regulation. Where necessary, Member States shall make a linear reduction in the amounts of direct payments which are subject to the reduction provided for in Articles 7 and 10 of this Regulation and Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 in order to comply with the ceilings set out in that Annex.
2.The Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 141(2) of this Regulation, shall review the ceilings set out in Annex IV to this Regulation in order to take account of:
(a)modifications to the total maximum amounts of direct payments that may be granted;
(b)modifications to the voluntary modulation system provided for in Regulation (EC) No 378/2007;
(c)structural changes to the holdings;
(d)transfers to the EAFRD in accordance with Article 136 of this Regulation.